Samuel Ferres Lynn

Other names: Ferris

Born 1836Died 5 April 1876

Active: 1856 - 1876

Country of birth and death: Ireland

Sculptor, architectural sculptor

Born at Fethard, co. Wexford. Died at his brother's house, Crumlin Terrace, Belfast. Brother was William Henry Lynn, architect. Samuel lived almost entirely in London until 1873, when he returned to Belfast.

Works

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Institutional and Business Connections

Studied at Royal Academy Schools 1859 (Presumed) - 1867Awarded a gold medal and book prize for 'Historical Sculpture' on the 10 December, 1859: see the Royal Academy 'Annual Report', (1861), p. 28. Lynn was also awarded a travelling scholarship in sculpture for two years from 1866, the first of which would be spent in England: see Royal Academy 'Annual Report', (1867), p. 38. In 1867, however, the Council declined Lynn's request to spend his second year of the scholarship in England, believing that this would 'set a bad precedent' for the award. Lynn thus resigned from the scholarship. See Royal Academy 'Annual Reports', (1868), p. 17.

Citing this record

'Samuel Ferres Lynn', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib3_1204190442, accessed 07 Jun 2020]